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Note: 1.Burial notice from the Treasurer of the Clear Creek Cem. in Springfield, MO.
that he is buried there.
2. Eaton, R.W.(widower) is found in pg. 181 Greene Co. Mo. U.S. Census 1880.
3. Ref.#4. Pg. 201 shows that R.W. Eaton was not elected to the office of
Missouri State Representative to the U.S. Congress. He lost the election in
1846. See below, from "The History of Greene Co. Missouri:
THE AUGUST ELECTION, 1846. This year, for the first time, Missouri elected Congressmen by districts. Greene county again had two
candidates for Congress, Hon. John S. Phelps (for re-election) and John P. Campbell. Both were
Democrats, Phelps a "hard" and Campbell a "soft." Each candidate had a newspaper to advocate his
claims. The Advertiser, by Warren H. Graves, was Phelps' organ, while Campbell's paper was the
Texas-Democrat, a journal established this year by himself and edited by his son-in-law, E. D.
McKinney. The canvass was very spirited, but resulted in Campbell's carrying the county, and in
Phelps' election by a large majority. The county officers elected this year, were the following:
State Senator. � John W. Hancock, over Burton A. James.
Representative. � Bennett Robberson, over L. A. Patillo and R. W. Eaton ("Dan Tucker").
Sheriff. � Wm. McFarland, over Thomas Potter, A. L. Yarbrough, A. N. Farmer, Wm. Caulfield,
B. Cowan, G. W. Kelley, Chesley Cannefax, Thos. Tiller, B. F. Butler and Edmund Turner.
County Justices. � J. M. Blakey, Elisha Headley and R. W. Sims, over Joseph Miller, Joseph
Weaver, J. N. Bailey, J. O. Sheppard and James Dollison.
Assessor. � James Redfern, over S. Clark, H. Bruten, R. Woodward and J. Langham.
Coroner. �A. W. Maupin.
Upon the reorganization of the county court in September, the new justices took their seats, and
Elisha Headley was made presiding judge. Wm. McFarland, the new sheriff, attended court.
McFarland was a Whig and was elected sheriff of a Democratic county by reason of a multiplicity of
Democratic candidates. He was a son-in-law of John Roberts, and operated the latter's distillery, at
the big spring east of town. His chief distiller was one John Holcomb.
The expenses of running the county this year were $1,498.03; receipts, $1,413.38. The assessor's
books showed that the total number of property owners in the county in 1846 was 1,747.
4. Eaton, Ransom W. is found in pg. 47 Polk Co. MO. U.S. Census 1850.
5. "Cemeteries of Greene County, v.2, pg 139, is found reference to ,
EATON, R.W. 19 Apr 1808-29 June 1889; Clear Creek Cem" 6. Marriage date found in the IGI at LDS library.
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